Another dog walker killed...

When I'm Minister for Transport, they'll have to pay £1000/year to keep the bastard things on the road. A colleague of mine violently disagrees; he says £2000, minimum.
 
When you're MfT, Shadz, would you like to consider forcing cyclists to pay road tax, too, please? We're forced to fund council-built bike racks and lanes for the buggers, who break every Highway Code rule in the book, and then whine pathetically when they lie under the wheels of a Fiesta, after scooting through a red light.
 
I know I shouldn't, but I'd be rather interested to hear Shadow Leaders manifesto for the transport portfolio. I'm assuming that's a caravan tax she's talking about and not proposal to make cow owners pay £1000
 
krizon said:
When you're MfT, Shadz, would you like to consider forcing cyclists to pay road tax, too, please? We're forced to fund council-built bike racks and lanes for the buggers, who break every Highway Code rule in the book, and then whine pathetically when they lie under the wheels of a Fiesta, after scooting through a red light.
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Exactly the same case could be made out for horses.
 
It's just that horses don,t jump red lights bump up the kerb and hurl abuse at you when you turn left and they think that you can see them as they undertake you.
 
krizon said:
When you're MfT, Shadz, would you like to consider forcing cyclists to pay road tax, too, please? We're forced to fund council-built bike racks and lanes for the buggers, who break every Highway Code rule in the book, and then whine pathetically when they lie under the wheels of a Fiesta, after scooting through a red light.
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Could you also stop them from riding on the pavement where there's no cycle path and ringing their bell at pedestrians.
 
On Lansdown Road in Cheltenham is one of the widest pavements in the town. Half of it has been made into a cycle path - the outside bit. Pedestrians' half is in the hedge with the dogsh*t.

Welcome to Cheltenham. :D
 
imagine said:
Could you also stop them from riding on the pavement where there's no cycle path and ringing their bell at pedestrians.
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Not just pedestrians - you wouldn't believe the amount of times that I've had a cyclist up my backside when I'm on a horse - on a bridle path!!! - merrily ringing their bloody bell. Obviously I've screamed at a fair few of them as well, usually whilst trying to stop whatever I'm on from jumping around like an idiot on hearing the poxy bell.

Warbler, one day myself and a few colleagues discussed manifestos for the Department of Transport. We came up with some great ideas and decided that if we were in charge the roads would be far more pleasant places to be!
 
Walsworth - I've yet to see a parking rack for my horse here in Brighton - how many do you have up your way, then? Or even any encouragement for us to take them onto the roads - why, the miserable A27 even has a sign up saying "No racing by horse-drawn vehicles on this road". How's that for being unfriendly?
 
Manners and consideration for and from both drivers and riders getting less by the day round here.
 
Sun dried cow pats can be used like frizzbys -Just a thought, lol. I have seen our travling frends racing along the A3 with there trotters, that is a bit mad now days
 
Andy said:
Sun dried cow pats can be used like frizzbys -Just a thought, lol. I have seen our travling frends racing along the A3 with there trotters, that is a bit mad now days
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They tend to race down the main shopping street in Gloucester at this time of year much to the surprise of the shoppers. The ponies and traps (if those are the correct terms) the frequently spend 3-4 hours tied up outside the local pubs while their owners get merry
 
walsworth said:
Plenty of them around here and very often on the foot paths too, not to mention riding two abreast along minor roads.
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The reason we do ride two abrest is to stop idiots flying down the road and overtaking too quickly without looking whats coming in the opposite direction. Its much safer for riders 2 abreast, as we found out the other day, much to the idiot driver behind us disgust at being held up for 30 seconds. If we had been in single file he would have flown past round the bend and straight into a car coming the other way, possibly also wiping us out. And he also had the courtesy to "thank us" by swearing..... shame he was in a company car with the name of it all over the car, complaint email to company sent:lol:
 
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